I finally managed to get out and shoot some more parkour in Leeds today. This was the first successful outing in almost 3 weeks — one of the most difficult elements of shooting this discipline is the alignment of weather, weekends, people, and myself, often it doesn’t work out.
I shot exclusively with the Mamiya 7 today, I’m not sure why, but these days whenever I take a film camera along with my DSLR’s, the latter usually ends up staying in the bag… I don’t know whether I subconsciously prefer the ergonomics of film cameras, or if I’m becoming addicted to the anticipation of picking the developed rolls up.
JLM also tagged along and managed to get some nice environmental photos including me ‘at work’ (see below).
© Jay Mawson
One thing I’ve become more sure about is that, for me, the actual act of photography is the most satisfying element of the whole process (shooting, to postprocess, to display), especially since I can immerse myself in the subject matter _and_ interact with really interesting people.
Of course it’s also good to see the traceurs steadily improving - let’s hope that there’re at least a few photos worth keeping from the rolls I shot!
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